Yuny railway station explained

Yuny
Native Name:Ю́ный
Style:RZD
Type:October Railway platform
Owned:Russian Railways
Operator:October Railway
Platforms:2
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Opened: (original)[1]
(MOZD)
Closed:1927[2]
Rebuilt:1955
Former:Grafskiy Pavilion
Prenational:Primorskaya Railway
Mapframe:yes

Yuny station (Russian: Ста́нция Ю́ный) is a railway station located in St. Petersburg, Russia.

It was constructed by the JSC Primorskaya Saint Peterburg–Sestroretsk railway and was opened as part of the Ozerki line on July 23, 1893, under the name Grafskiy Pavilion (in translation - Count pavilion).

In 1948, the narrow-gauge Small October railway was created here. In 1955, platforms were constructed and the station received the name Yuny.

Landmarks near Yuny station

Russian poet Maximilian Voloshin mentions the station Grafskiy Pavilion in his diary and reports that there was a summer residence here at which, in May 1926, Maxim Gorky and Anton Chekhov met one of their notability unidentified people.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sestroretsk and Primorskaya railways(Сестрорецкая и Приморская железные дороги). Chepurin. Sergey. Arkady Nikolayenko . May 2007. terijoki.spb.ru/trk_about.php3. ru. 2009-02-21.
  2. Skatchki platform (Платформа "Скачки"). Kvartalny Nadziratel. Spb sobaka ru. Saint Peterburg. 45. ru.
  3. Book: Maximilian Voloshin, Maximilian. Opening materials (Материалы вскрытия). 2009-03-03. ru.